https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the GMC C4500. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:35:45 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-1183516 Mon, 18 May 2015 00:00:00 GMT VEHICLE HAS COMPLETE FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE. IN TALKING TO DSU IN PORTLAND, THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS YEAR OF VEHICLE AND THAT A CHECK VALVE IN THE FUEL PUMP DISINTEGRATES AND DESTROYS THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM. THEY TOLD ME THAT GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, HAS CHANGED THE CHECK VALVE IN NEWER INJECTION PUMPS BUT WILL NOT WARRANTY AND OR RECALL THESE PUMPS. THIS CAUSES A $12,0 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-1034032 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT PULLING A LOADED TRAILER UP A STEEP GRADE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. SPEED WAS APPROX. 40MPH. DRIVER HEAR A "CLUNK" NOISE THEN THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN THE ENGINE TEMP STARTED TO RISE. PULLED OVER AND THERE WAS COOLANT LEAKING FROM THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE BOTTOM RADIATOR HOSE HAD BEEN CUT FROM THE FAN THAT EXPLODED AND THE FAN ALSO TORE THE FAN SHROUD OPEN TOO. https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-901494 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT ONE SIDE OF SEAT BACK IS UNHINGED AND THE DRIVER'S BACK GETS SUDDENLY SHIFTED AROUND WITHOUT WARNING. 2) DEFROSTER AND HEATING VENTS DO NOT WORK 3) MIRRORS ARE BADLY CORRODED AND UNADJUSTABLE, IT IS OWNED BY PEAPOD BY STOP AND SHOP AND THEY COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT FIXING THIS, VERY DANGEROUS VEHICLE THE PARENT CORPORATION OF PEAPOD AND STOP AND SHOP GIANT HAS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS I https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-901495 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT ONE SIDE OF SEAT BACK IS UNHINGED AND THE DRIVER'S BACK GETS SUDDENLY SHIFTED AROUND WITHOUT WARNING. 2) DEFROSTER AND HEATING VENTS DO NOT WORK 3) MIRRORS ARE BADLY CORRODED AND UNADJUSTABLE, IT IS OWNED BY PEAPOD BY STOP AND SHOP AND THEY COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT FIXING THIS, VERY DANGEROUS VEHICLE THE PARENT CORPORATION OF PEAPOD AND STOP AND SHOP GIANT HAS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS I https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-880791 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT AT APPROXIMATELY 2:15 PM ON 9/16/2011 THIS AMBULANCE WAS TRAVELING AT 55-60 MPH IN ROUTE BACK TO THE STATION AFTER DROPPING A PATIENT AT THE HOSPITAL, THE DRIVER REPORTS THAT THERE WAS A LOAD POP!; FOLLOWED BY A HISSING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD. AS HE PROCEEDED TO MOVE TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM THE DRIVER OBSERVED WHITE SMOKE BILLOWING OUT THE BACK OF THE UNIT. BEFORE HE C https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-880792 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT AT APPROXIMATELY 2:15 PM ON 9/16/2011 THIS AMBULANCE WAS TRAVELING AT 55-60 MPH IN ROUTE BACK TO THE STATION AFTER DROPPING A PATIENT AT THE HOSPITAL, THE DRIVER REPORTS THAT THERE WAS A LOAD POP!; FOLLOWED BY A HISSING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD. AS HE PROCEEDED TO MOVE TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM THE DRIVER OBSERVED WHITE SMOKE BILLOWING OUT THE BACK OF THE UNIT. BEFORE HE C https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-880793 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT AT APPROXIMATELY 2:15 PM ON 9/16/2011 THIS AMBULANCE WAS TRAVELING AT 55-60 MPH IN ROUTE BACK TO THE STATION AFTER DROPPING A PATIENT AT THE HOSPITAL, THE DRIVER REPORTS THAT THERE WAS A LOAD POP!; FOLLOWED BY A HISSING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD. AS HE PROCEEDED TO MOVE TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM THE DRIVER OBSERVED WHITE SMOKE BILLOWING OUT THE BACK OF THE UNIT. BEFORE HE C https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-871776 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC C4500. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 35 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE BRAKE LINE EXPLODED. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES AND ON EACH OCCASION, THE BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000 AND THE CURRENT MIL https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-780546 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT PURCHASES TIRES IN JUNE 2009 -- UPON INSPECTION THIS WEEKEND 4/11/2010 WE NOTICED LARGE CRACKS IN THE TIRES ALMOST LIKE IT WAS SEPARATING. WE BROUGHT THEM TO THE DEALER AND THEY CHARGED US $100 TO REPLACE THEM AFTER ADMITTING THAT THE TIRES HAD FAILED AND WERE DEFECTIVE. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-657874 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT TRUCK LOST ALMOST ALL POWER AND BARLEY MOVED ITSELF FROM THE TRAVEL LANES TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, HAD TO BE TOWED AND AFTER A WEEK IN THE SHOP! AT MY BUSINESS LOSS .A CRANK SENSOR WAS DETERMINED TO BE FAULTY,THEN AN E.G.R VALVE AND FINALLY REPLACED THE P.C.M. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON AND OFF AND STILL WEAK ON POWER. FUEL USAGE IS HORRIBLE MOST OF THE TIME 6 -7 MPG. TRUCK CURRENTLY TOWED TO ANO https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-657875 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT TRUCK LOST ALMOST ALL POWER AND BARLEY MOVED ITSELF FROM THE TRAVEL LANES TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, HAD TO BE TOWED AND AFTER A WEEK IN THE SHOP! AT MY BUSINESS LOSS .A CRANK SENSOR WAS DETERMINED TO BE FAULTY,THEN AN E.G.R VALVE AND FINALLY REPLACED THE P.C.M. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON AND OFF AND STILL WEAK ON POWER. FUEL USAGE IS HORRIBLE MOST OF THE TIME 6 -7 MPG. TRUCK CURRENTLY TOWED TO ANO https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#recall-08E004000-gmc-gmc-c4500-2008 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT CERTAIN INTERMOTIVE WHEELCHAIR LIFT INTERLOCK, P/NO. ILIS605-H3 ILIS ACTIVATION KIT (INTERLOCK OPTION FOR GATEWAY 401) SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET FOR 2005 - 2008 CHEVY 560 (C4500 AND C5500 KODIAK) 6.6L DIESEL VEHICLES WHICH A PROTECTION DIODE WAS USED. THE DIODE CAN BE EXPOSED TO VOLTAGE SPIKES GREATER THAN WHAT IT CAN WITHSTAND. THE DIODE COULD FAIL, WHICH COULD PREVENT VEHICLE INTERLOCK OPERA https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#recall-08E004000-gmc-gmc-c4500-2007 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT CERTAIN INTERMOTIVE WHEELCHAIR LIFT INTERLOCK, P/NO. ILIS605-H3 ILIS ACTIVATION KIT (INTERLOCK OPTION FOR GATEWAY 401) SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET FOR 2005 - 2008 CHEVY 560 (C4500 AND C5500 KODIAK) 6.6L DIESEL VEHICLES WHICH A PROTECTION DIODE WAS USED. THE DIODE CAN BE EXPOSED TO VOLTAGE SPIKES GREATER THAN WHAT IT CAN WITHSTAND. THE DIODE COULD FAIL, WHICH COULD PREVENT VEHICLE INTERLOCK OPERA https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#recall-08E004000-gmc-gmc-c4500-2006 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT CERTAIN INTERMOTIVE WHEELCHAIR LIFT INTERLOCK, P/NO. ILIS605-H3 ILIS ACTIVATION KIT (INTERLOCK OPTION FOR GATEWAY 401) SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET FOR 2005 - 2008 CHEVY 560 (C4500 AND C5500 KODIAK) 6.6L DIESEL VEHICLES WHICH A PROTECTION DIODE WAS USED. THE DIODE CAN BE EXPOSED TO VOLTAGE SPIKES GREATER THAN WHAT IT CAN WITHSTAND. THE DIODE COULD FAIL, WHICH COULD PREVENT VEHICLE INTERLOCK OPERA https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#recall-08E004000-gmc-gmc-c4500-2005 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT CERTAIN INTERMOTIVE WHEELCHAIR LIFT INTERLOCK, P/NO. ILIS605-H3 ILIS ACTIVATION KIT (INTERLOCK OPTION FOR GATEWAY 401) SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET FOR 2005 - 2008 CHEVY 560 (C4500 AND C5500 KODIAK) 6.6L DIESEL VEHICLES WHICH A PROTECTION DIODE WAS USED. THE DIODE CAN BE EXPOSED TO VOLTAGE SPIKES GREATER THAN WHAT IT CAN WITHSTAND. THE DIODE COULD FAIL, WHICH COULD PREVENT VEHICLE INTERLOCK OPERA https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#recall-07E086000-gmc-gmc-c4500-2007 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT CERTAIN LINK ULTRARIDE REAR AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEMS, MODEL 8M000070, SOLD FOR INSTALLATION AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT ON GM CHASSIS MODELS 4500 AND 5500, AMBULANCES AND SHUTTLE BUSES. THE AXLE SIDE LATERAL CONTROL BRACKET OF THE SUSPENSION HAS CRACKED IN SOME CASES. https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#recall-07E086000-gmc-gmc-c4500-2006 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT CERTAIN LINK ULTRARIDE REAR AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEMS, MODEL 8M000070, SOLD FOR INSTALLATION AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT ON GM CHASSIS MODELS 4500 AND 5500, AMBULANCES AND SHUTTLE BUSES. THE AXLE SIDE LATERAL CONTROL BRACKET OF THE SUSPENSION HAS CRACKED IN SOME CASES. https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#recall-07E086000-gmc-gmc-c4500-2005 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT CERTAIN LINK ULTRARIDE REAR AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEMS, MODEL 8M000070, SOLD FOR INSTALLATION AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT ON GM CHASSIS MODELS 4500 AND 5500, AMBULANCES AND SHUTTLE BUSES. THE AXLE SIDE LATERAL CONTROL BRACKET OF THE SUSPENSION HAS CRACKED IN SOME CASES. https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-602288 Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH ON CLEAR DRY ROAD CONDITIONS, TRAFFIC STOPPED ABRUPTLY, WHICH REQUIRED EMERGENCY BRAKING OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKES SHUDDERED VIOLENTLY. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, THE PROBLEM WAS NOT IDENTIFIED, ALTHOUGH THE BRAKES WERE REBUILT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED. https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-601593 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING NO PARTICULAR, THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE DEALERSHIP SENT A TECHNICIAN TO THE VEHICLE TO DEPROGRAMMED THE CODES TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. AN INTERNAL WIRE HARNESS, PINS CONNECTORS, AND SOLENOID WERE REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-598554 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT THROW BEARING WEARS OUT EVERY 40,000 KM. BELL HOUSING GONE AT 180,000 KM'S, REAR END WORE OUT AT 182,000 KMS AND FORTH GEAR GONE IN TRANSMISSION AT 183,000, DASH CLUSTER GONE AT 188,000. MANUFACTURE OR DEALER WOULD NOT COVER ANYTHING. *NM https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-593250 Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS STOP WORKING. HAD A FLAT TIRE AND PUSHED THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND USED BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN AND NO ONE WAS AWARE THAT I HAD AN EMERGENCY. *JB https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-592809 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT UNFIXABLE FRONT END VIBRATION. VIBRATION IS SEVERE 8-12 MHZ @ .27G'S. OVER 10 ATTEMPTS TO FIX WITH NO RESULTS. 4 SETS OF TIRES, DRAG LINK, PANHARD BAR, 4 TURBO DOWN PIPES, FRONT ROTORS AND HUBS, MAY OTHER COMPONENTS. WHOLE BODY VIBRATION , ARM-HAND VIBRATION FOR OVER 3,000 HRS IN ONE YEAR. *NM https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-592810 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT UNFIXABLE FRONT END VIBRATION. VIBRATION IS SEVERE 8-12 MHZ @ .27G'S. OVER 10 ATTEMPTS TO FIX WITH NO RESULTS. 4 SETS OF TIRES, DRAG LINK, PANHARD BAR, 4 TURBO DOWN PIPES, FRONT ROTORS AND HUBS, MAY OTHER COMPONENTS. WHOLE BODY VIBRATION , ARM-HAND VIBRATION FOR OVER 3,000 HRS IN ONE YEAR. *NM https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-592811 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT UNFIXABLE FRONT END VIBRATION. VIBRATION IS SEVERE 8-12 MHZ @ .27G'S. OVER 10 ATTEMPTS TO FIX WITH NO RESULTS. 4 SETS OF TIRES, DRAG LINK, PANHARD BAR, 4 TURBO DOWN PIPES, FRONT ROTORS AND HUBS, MAY OTHER COMPONENTS. WHOLE BODY VIBRATION , ARM-HAND VIBRATION FOR OVER 3,000 HRS IN ONE YEAR. *NM https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-592812 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT UNFIXABLE FRONT END VIBRATION. VIBRATION IS SEVERE 8-12 MHZ @ .27G'S. OVER 10 ATTEMPTS TO FIX WITH NO RESULTS. 4 SETS OF TIRES, DRAG LINK, PANHARD BAR, 4 TURBO DOWN PIPES, FRONT ROTORS AND HUBS, MAY OTHER COMPONENTS. WHOLE BODY VIBRATION , ARM-HAND VIBRATION FOR OVER 3,000 HRS IN ONE YEAR. *NM https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-592813 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT UNFIXABLE FRONT END VIBRATION. VIBRATION IS SEVERE 8-12 MHZ @ .27G'S. OVER 10 ATTEMPTS TO FIX WITH NO RESULTS. 4 SETS OF TIRES, DRAG LINK, PANHARD BAR, 4 TURBO DOWN PIPES, FRONT ROTORS AND HUBS, MAY OTHER COMPONENTS. WHOLE BODY VIBRATION , ARM-HAND VIBRATION FOR OVER 3,000 HRS IN ONE YEAR. *NM https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-592814 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT UNFIXABLE FRONT END VIBRATION. VIBRATION IS SEVERE 8-12 MHZ @ .27G'S. OVER 10 ATTEMPTS TO FIX WITH NO RESULTS. 4 SETS OF TIRES, DRAG LINK, PANHARD BAR, 4 TURBO DOWN PIPES, FRONT ROTORS AND HUBS, MAY OTHER COMPONENTS. WHOLE BODY VIBRATION , ARM-HAND VIBRATION FOR OVER 3,000 HRS IN ONE YEAR. *NM https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-592815 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT UNFIXABLE FRONT END VIBRATION. VIBRATION IS SEVERE 8-12 MHZ @ .27G'S. OVER 10 ATTEMPTS TO FIX WITH NO RESULTS. 4 SETS OF TIRES, DRAG LINK, PANHARD BAR, 4 TURBO DOWN PIPES, FRONT ROTORS AND HUBS, MAY OTHER COMPONENTS. WHOLE BODY VIBRATION , ARM-HAND VIBRATION FOR OVER 3,000 HRS IN ONE YEAR. *NM https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c4500#complaint-525356 Thu, 10 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN STALLING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WHEN ON THE ROAD. TAKEN TO THE DEALER 10 TIMES FOR CHECKUP, BUT THE CAUSE WAS STILL UNDETERMINED.*AK